Container-opener



F. DOBRICK. com/(mm OPENER.

APPLICATION. HLED JAN. 26, 1918- 1,400,425. Patented Dec. 13, 1921.

UNITED sTAres sarunr series.

FRANK DOBRICK, 0F CLEVELAND, OHIO.

CONTAINER-OPENER.

Application filed January 26,1918. Serial No. 213,923.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK DOBRIOK, a subject of the King of Hungary, residing at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Container- Openers; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in an opener for containers, and particularly to that type of container containing shoe polish so that the top may be lifted from the container in a quick and reliable manner.

A further object of this invention is to provide a spring pressed lever which is secured to the container and having a spring normally urging its working end under the flange of the top whereby upon inward movement of the lever, the top will be lifted from the container.

A further object of this invention is to provide a container opener of this character which will be simple, practical and comparatively inexpensive in construction and one that can be manufactured and sold at a. low cost.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in the novel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fully described and set forth in the claims hereto appended.

In the drawing:

Figure l is a side elevation of a container equipped with my improved opener.

Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view illustrating a fragment of the container.

Fig. 3 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view of the opener.

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the attaching member.

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the lever.

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all the figures of the drawing.

Referring to the drawing, the numeral 5 indicates a container of the usual configuration having one end open. The wall of the container is provided adjacent its open end with an annular circumferentially extending head 6, the purpose of which will be hereinafter more fully described. A. top 7 is removably fitted over the upper open end of the container and its wall is provided Specification of Letters Patent.

and in engagement with PatentedDeo. 13, 1921.

at its peripheral edge with a laterally ex tending annular flange 8. The flange 8 of the cover is adapted to engage and rest upon the circumferentially extending head 6 for limiting the movement of the cover 011 the container. The flange 7 also extends laterally beyond the plane of the head 6, the pun pose of which will be hereinafter more fully described.

A U-shaped attaching member 9 is secured by its web portion to the wall of the container immediately below the head by suitable fastening means, such as rivets, screws or the like designated by the numeral 10. The arms of the attaching member are provided with alined apertures 11 in which, is pivotally secured the operating lever 12.

he operating lever 12 comprises a broad fiat body 13, one end provide aconveX surface 14. The convex surface 14 is extended to provide an operating end 15 which is adapted to be engaged under the flange 8 of the top 7 when the lever is pivoted in the attaching member 9.

The side edges of the body 13 are bent downwardly at right angles thereto to pro vide reinforcing flanges 17. The reinforcing flanges 17 are provided intermediate their ends with alined openings 18. These openings are adapted to aline with the openings 11 in the arms of the U-shaped member 9'Wl1811 the lever is positioned between these arms, so as to permit the lever to be pivotally secured to the attaching member by virtue of a pivot pin extending through the openings 11 and 18 respectively.

A coil spring 20 surrounds the pivot pin 19 and is located between the reinforcing flanges 17 and this spring is adapted to cause the working end 16 of the lever to normally abut the head 6 so as to position it under the flange 8. When it is desired to raise the top 7 or lid, it is only necessary to urge the lower end of the lever inwardly in the direction of the container, thus urging the extension 16 into engagement with the flange 8 and raising the top or lid from the container. Immediately upon the release of pressure from the lever, the spring will automatically return it to its initial position.

Having thus described my invention what I claim is:

An opener for receptacles having separable sections, including a lever having inwardly extending side flanges, a bracket on of which is curved to one of, the sections having arms, between which said lever 1s dlsposed, ,a p1v0t pm passing through said arms and flanges, said lever having a free end spaced from the receptacle and its other end extending in Wardly as a crank and reinforced by said flanges, the other section having a flange resting on said crank,-;a spring to hold the crank against the flange mounted on said 10 pivot pin and protected by the lever flanges,

"and said free end of thelever being posi- In testimony whereof I aflix my signature l5 in presence of two Witnesses.

' FRANK DOBRICK.

Witnesses: H. B. PUGsLnY,

L. E. MORNINGSTAR. 

